Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce The European AgentLink Perspe
It is now no longer necessary to argue the importance of agent technology. Be- des numerous conferences and workshops on speci c aspects of agent technology there are also many companies that are exploring its exploitation possibilities. In the light of t
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen
1991
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Berlin Heidelberg New York Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo
Frank Dignum Carles Sierra (Eds.)
Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce The European AgentLink Perspective
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Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saabr¨ucken, Germany Volume Editors Frank Dignum Utrecht University, Institute of Information and Computing Sciences P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected] Carles Sierra IIIA, CSIC Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain E-mail: [email protected] Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Agent mediated electronic commerce : the European agentlink perspective / Frank Dignum ; Carles Sierra (ed.). - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Barcelona ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Singapore ; Tokyo : Springer, 2001 (Lecture notes in computer science ; Vol. 1991 : Lecture notes in artificial intelligence) ISBN 3-540-41671-4
CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2.11, C.2, K.4.4, H.3.4-5, H.4.3, H.5.3, I.2, J.2 ISBN 3-540-41671-4 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York a member of BertelsmannSpringer Science+Business Media GmbH © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by PTP-Berlin, Stefan Sossna Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 10782060 06/3142 543210
Preface
It is now no longer necessary to argue the importance of agent technology. Besides numerous conferences and workshops on specific aspects of agent technology there are also many companies that are exploring its exploitation possibilities. In the light of these developments and in order to foster the transfer of agent technology from research labs to business, the EU has funded a “network of excellence” devoted to agent technology. This network of excellence, called AgentLink (http://www.agentlink.org/), aims at bringing together research groups from different countries and industrial developers. The ultimate goal is to create synergy among the different projects and groups to improve the competence of European industry and the excellence of academia. In order to achieve this goal, AgentLink organises educational activities (summer schools), builds agent-related literatur
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